Michael Woodrow, President and Founder of Risk Talent Associates, a risk management recruiting firm, was asked to speak at The HedgeWorld Fall Fund Services Conference held on October 21, 2010 at The Metropolitan Club in New York City. Two sets of panels were run concurrently throughout the day: one set geared toward investors, the other toward managers. Michael…
Month: December 2010
Risk Management Jobs in Alternative Investments are Best Paid
Over 225 risk professionals representing asset management participated in this year’s Risk Talent Associates salary survey, and risk management professionals at alternative investment firms have the highest average total compensation. This result is impacted largely by the bonus that risk management professionals receive in alternative investment jobs. For Alternative Investments, the average bonus as a…
Risk Management Job Movement Has Declined in Asset Management
Risk Talent’s 2010 Professional Compensation Survey of Asset Management professionals in risk management jobs revealed that as the financial system has stabilized, job movement has declined: 23% of respondents report changing jobs in the last two years versus 29% in the previous survey. This trend will possibly change again in 2011 as 35% report they…
Global Risk Jobs Re-launches Website Serving Niche Jobs
Global Risk Jobs, an online niche job board featuring high profile jobs in risk management and regulatory compliance, recently re-launched their website to connect qualified employers to skilled people in market, credit, operational and enterprise risk, quantitative finance, risk technology and financial compliance. Global Risk Jobs is the “authority” in risk management and regulatory compliance…
Risk Management Jobs 2010 Compensation Negative for Chief Risk Officer
As recently reported in Risk Talent Associates 2010 Professional Compensation Survey covering Capital Markets, growth in total compensation is strongest for risk management jobs titled Senior Associate/Manager and Director, but negative for Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. In surveys prior to 2008, total compensation for Managing Director exceeded $800,000 and total compensation for…
Risk Management Jobs Total Compensation Strongest for Junior and Mid-level Managers
Risk management jobs total compensation is strongest for junior and mid-level risk managers in terms of years of experience and titles, as was recently reported in Risk Talent Associates 2010 Professional Compensation Survey covering Capital Markets. Risk professionals who received the highest increases in total compensation are those with 7-10 years of experience at a…
Risk Management Jobs 2009 Compensation in Asset Management Rebounding
For risk management jobs in asset management, total compensation was on the rebound in 2009, after declines in 2007 and 2008, as reported in Risk Talent Associates 2010 Professional Compensation Survey covering Asset Management. Based on data gathered in 2010, jobs in risk management saw total compensation grow 4%, salaries remained flat to slightly negative…